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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what is Bobby's original major at college?
(a) Biology.
(b) Underwater welding.
(c) Anthropology.
(d) Mathematics.

2. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what does he switch his major to?
(a) Physics.
(b) Actuarial science.
(c) Classical piano.
(d) Silent cinema.

3. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what is in the old steamer trunk that is in the chicken house?
(a) Bobby's diary.
(b) The girls grandmother's letters.
(c) The girl's comb,
(d) The girl's father's college papers.

4. To whom does Bobby try writing letters during the winter while he is on leave from New Orleans?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Kline.

5. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, when Kline picks up Bobby, why does he motion to Bobby to be silent?
(a) Kline likes to save conversation for dinner.
(b) Kline thinks his car might be bugged with audio surveillance equipment.
(c) Kline is concentrating on another missing person's case.
(d) Kline is in the middle of a conversation with someone on his carphone.

6. What is John's good news and bad news in Chapter 8?
(a) He is buying Arnaud's.
(b) He has been taken into confidence by a high ranking mafia member.
(c) He inherited a vast sum of money.
(d) Tulsa is back.

7. In the italicized section of Chapter 7, who does the girl say made the dummy's suit?
(a) The girl made it herself.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Bobby's mother.
(d) Bobby.

8. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the Kid want to show the girl?
(a) Some film reels.
(b) Pages from the Kid's diary.
(c) Some new chataquas.
(d) Templates from Base One.

9. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, why does the girl go to the hospital?
(a) To have a broken nose mended.
(b) To receive electroshock therapy.
(c) To have an exploratory operation.
(d) To talk to a therapist.

10. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 7, what becomes of the woman that John asked to marry him?
(a) She married another man.
(b) She became a cardiac surgeon.
(c) She left the country.
(d) She became a nun.

11. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, after his meeting with Kline, who does Bobby go searching for?
(a) The missing passenger.
(b) Oiler's family.
(c) His friend Borman.
(d) A friend of Bobby's father.

12. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what did Kline's parrot do in the carnival?
(a) Juggled handkerchiefs.
(b) Rode a bicycle on a wire.
(c) Balanced a ball on his beak.
(d) Flew through a maze.

13. In the italicized section of Chapter 5, what makes the girl flush her meds down the toilet?
(a) A side effect called Tardive Dyskinesia.
(b) A side effect called Vascular Colitis.
(c) A side effect called Neuro Myalgia.
(d) A side effect called Hemispherical Synesthesia.

14. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, what does John say about French white wine?
(a) He will only drink white wine if it is French.
(b) They are the nectar of the gods.
(c) They could double as window cleaner.
(d) He favors them over the Italian varieties.

15. What is another of Bobby's nicknames for John?
(a) Mossy Creek.
(b) Tall Oak.
(c) Ancient One.
(d) 'Bama.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who owns the restaurant or the building that the restaurant is in that Kline and Bobby go to?

2. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 6, what invitation does Bobby get in a letter from John Aldrich the following year?

3. In the non-italicized section of Chapter 5, Where does Bobby see John Sheddan?

4. In Chapter 8, where does John say that he recently spent some time recovering?

5. In the italicized section of Chapter 6, what does the girl think that she and her other classmates look like in their all white clothes?

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